Patrick Dixon;288619 Wrote: 
> Don't forget that 1 LSB in 24 bits is 144dB down from the -maximum-
> level.  Most well recorded music isn't at anything like this level.

I think you're missing the point here, Robin.  

Take a typical home stereo system and crank the volume to max. 
According to my estimate, the effects on SPL of a distortion component
at -144db are smaller than the effects on SPL due to random Brownian
motion of air molecules.  Which means -144db distortion is not even
measurable (acoustically), let alone audible - it's really an
operationally meaningless concept, at least as far as acoustics go.


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